[MOSAIC] Vocabulary

2007-02-14 Thread BarberDK
My name is Kim and I am a kindergarten teacher in a suburban school district. Our district has invested in Scott Foresman Reading Street. I have worked with Scott Foresman series before and am very pleased with the changes in the new edition. One thing I have really appreciated is how the

Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power

2007-02-05 Thread BarberDK
Is Adrienne Greer the author? I have been looking at vaious books that have the title, but not by her, I would love to take a look at this book can you give more info on this book? Kim ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe

Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones - reading power

2007-02-05 Thread BarberDK
Karen, Thank you for the info, I liked what I saw so I bought a copy today as I enjoyed our windchill day at home. I really appreciate your time. Kim K/Syracuse ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your

Re: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten Questioning

2007-02-04 Thread BarberDK
I am currently working in a kindergarten classroom and this has been a struggle for me too. One thing I do is: when we do our picture walk to help us make predictions we talk about questions we may have before we read, as students share there questions I write them on our class reading log. As

Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for little ones

2007-02-04 Thread BarberDK
The two things that my current class seems to like to write or talk about is their questions and their conenctions they have made to the text they have read. Everytime I read to the class I try to come up with questions and write them on our class reading log and connections I have made to the